How Fear Drives American Politics | David Rothkopf | TED Talks

Does it seem like Washington has no new ideas? Instead of looking to build the future, it sometimes feels like the US political establishment happily retreats into fear and willful ignorance. Journalist David Rothkopf lays out a few of the major issues that US leadership is failing to address — from cybercrime to world-shaking new tech to the reality of modern total war — and calls for a new vision that sets fear aside.

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Good video, not what I was expecting with that title, but really enjoyed the theme and the speaker.﻿

wilburjr

January 27, 2016

The U.S. obviously destabilized the middle east under the W. Bush administration. There's nothing more important to Americans, at the moment, than the threat, in America, posed by islamic terrorists, hence the popularity of Mr.Trump. Cyber-nationalism sounds good to me. We need "fortress-America". Get rid of the enemy within, don't let the enemy from without get in. It is unacceptable, to most Americans, that murderers are going to come, or even be from here, and kill Americans. If there's much more of it, I'm afraid that it will get quite ugly.﻿

Born Justice Rule

January 27, 2016

one of the best TED talks i've seen. keep up the great work and thanks.﻿

Carlton White

January 27, 2016

the problem with this country is that we've allowed multinational corporations have took our jobs to foreign countries. Instead of investing the 600 billion dollars on infrastructure and etc. The U.S is building schools and etc in the middle East. were being condition to think that ISIS is the enemy when you have a better chance of getting killed by a bee sting than you do getting killed by Terrorist. Check the numbers. There are 44 people dying everyday in the U.S. but I don't here any politician talking about that. ISIS isn't as powerful as they claim. We spent 4 trillion dollars on two wars and have lost 5,000 soldiers. Companies like Haliburton and others are the only one that benefited from this. Just think if we could have invested the money here instead of building airplanes we don't need. We are our own worst enemies because we fight amongst each other instead of going after the one who have lied to us. Another problem is people don't vote.﻿

Carlton White

January 27, 2016

I agree totally﻿

Alex Cavallucci

January 27, 2016

I've had arguments with Americans on YouTube about gun control and all there argument seems to be is 2nd amendment and they are "free." Do some Americans think the British are coming back or something? I don't see how guns can be more important than free universal healthcare and the fact when u see American media outlets drive this irrational fear of let's be honest everything, makes people think around the world think that alot of Americans are irrational eccentric Christians who have a problem with everybody. FYI I'm Christian﻿

Wandering Colorado

January 27, 2016

Internet and electricity a fundamental right? No. No one's rights make a positive claim on the product of someone else's labor. Great talk.﻿

David Warshaw

January 27, 2016

So…what's the point here….TED has really gone down. It used to be good. A good philsophy show is Stefan Molyneux. Watch it!﻿

Canucks155

January 27, 2016

A agree with the 1st 5ish minutes of the talk but doesn't he also start fear mongering after that?﻿

Derek Sr

January 27, 2016

No freedom to privacy & freedom of expression. That is what 9/11 means to me. As it applies to most people yet as a Canadian, I would say we`re halfway there. But a native Canadian, more than halfway..﻿

mich6781

January 27, 2016

We need another problem-reaction-solution talk.﻿

guang song

January 27, 2016

"on September 11, 2001, 19 GUYS took over 4 airplanes and flew them into couple of buildings" wow he is joking right??﻿

William Carter

January 27, 2016

what app is that? lol﻿

kiriana Coleman

January 27, 2016

Meh….I found this talk contradictory????﻿

Guilherme Soares

January 27, 2016

Awsome, he is really intelligent and has such a point!!﻿

Locke Huang

January 27, 2016

I don't suprise that this politic guy spreads fear just like what north Korea does. You just draw individual's attention to a virtual enemy. Please stop cheating and fix your civil problems in a proper way.﻿